EXPLORE YOUR CALIFORNIA DESERT NATIONAL MONUMENTS

Mojave Trails, Sand to Snow, and Castle Mountains National Monuments are three more bright stars on the map for each of these unique and breathtaking lands we love, and places we play.

FEELING MONUMENTAL?

Mojave Trails, Sand to Snow, and Castle Mountains National Monuments preserve some of the most unique and intact desert landscape left in the world so that generations can explore, experience, and enjoy it as it is today.

YOUR 3 Monuments include the longest undeveloped stretch of Historic Route 66, a rich tapestry of Native American cultural heritage, and the largest land gift to the American people in history. They connect the landscape, and connect us with its many stories.

Designated on February 12, 2016 – thanks to wide-ranging support – YOUR 3 Monuments are bright stars on the map for these lands we love, and place we play here in the rugged and beautiful California Desert. Sand to Snow and Mojave Trails are also hallmark additions to the National Conservation Lands – America’s newest collection of protected public lands and waterways.

MOJAVE TRAILS

Mojave Trails boasts stunning springs of underground water – like diamonds in the rough – teeming with life, and shifting sand dunes that make havens for kit foxes and hum like a choir in the wind.

YOUR 3 Monuments were made possible by the partnership and support of thousands of people in the California Desert and beyond.

Desert communities, businesses, veterans, faith leaders, tribe, outdoor enthusiasts, artists, conservationists, and local, state, and national leaders, partnered to preserve the California Desert as one of the world’s last remaining, most intact, wide open landscapes. The support for YOUR Mojave Trails, Sand to Snow, and Castle Mountains National Monuments is MASSIVE!